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Fuel prices set to rise again
The government is going to raise the oil prices very soon in keeping with the steep oil price hike on the global market and also to get the fifth tranche of Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) loan
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Credible Polls
EU for EC free from PMO's authority
The visiting European Union troika yesterday strongly advocated for an Election Commission (EC) free from the "authority" of Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to ensure free, fair and credible parliamentary
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Country down with unusual power crisis
Rise of demand, poor gas supply lead to load shedding
The country is facing an unusual winter-time power load shedding of 300 to 500 megawatt every day mainly because of maintenance work in a large number of power generation units and also due to shortfall
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Kansat Tragedy
Protest on against police atrocities
Death toll rises to 8; probe body formed; hartal called in C'nawabganj today
The situation in Kansat in Chapainawabganj remained volatile yesterday as people continued to barricade Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid road in protest against police atrocities on people demanding electricity
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HC Directive on Voter Roll
EC to appeal when listing nearly ends
The Election Commission (EC) will file an appeal against the January 4 High Court (HC) directives on voter list next week, a day or two before the deadline for completing the field-level work of the controversial
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Arrestee is not Abdur Rahman
West Bengal police confirm
West Bengal police yesterday confirmed that they had not arrested Shaekh Abdur Rahman, the chief of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), as the issue remained the talk of the country for thelast
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Get more organised to resist bombers
PM asks ansar, VDP men
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday asked the members of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) to be more organised to resist the bombers.
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BCIC in cash crunch as finance sits on subsidy
Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) is facing a severe liquidity crisis because the finance ministry failed to pay over Tk 1,000 crore of outstanding subsidy due to the corporation thathas
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NBR to go for survey to net more taxpayers
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) decided to conduct a survey across the country to bring more people under tax net to generate more revenue, said Khairuzzaman Chowdhury, chairman of the board yesterday.
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Controversial Hiring
RU halts on teacher strike
Academic and administrative activities came to a standstill at Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday following the simultaneous work abstention programmes of the teachers and the officers demanding cancellation
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Reshuffle of secys
The government yesterday transferred five secretaries and two additional secretaries.
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CEC sick, his meeting with EU troika cancelled
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) MA Aziz's meeting with the visiting European Union (EU) team has been cancelled as the CEC fell sick and was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital
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2 outlaws killed in Rab 'crossfire'
Two armed cadres of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) Janajuddha faction were killed during an encounter between Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and their associates yesterday in Khulna.
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Dollar prices rising again
Dollar prices have started to climb once again. In the foreign exchange market yesterday the price of a dollar rose to Tk 66.55, up by Tk 0.10 from Monday's.
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Grafts can be halved in a year: ACC chief
Identifying political will as the key to address the issue of corruption, Chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Justice Sultan Hossain Khan yesterday said corruption in the country can come down
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2 die, 10 fall ill after eating puffer fish
Two children died and 10 others became critically ill after eating poisonous puffer fish at South Gohira in Anwara upazila on Monday night. The dead are Shamima Akhtar, 7, and Forkan, 10.
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8 killed in twin Iran blasts
Eight people were killed and dozens more injured in a double bomb attack yesterday in the restive city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran where a scheduled visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was cancelled
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Sheikh Rehana's House
HC rule on govt to explain police action
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule upon the government to explain why the police action taking over the house of Sheikh Rehana should not be declared to have been made without lawful authority.
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PBCP men shot AL leader dead
An Awami League (AL) leader was shot dead by a gang of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) at Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj yesterday evening.
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